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The Day KISS Rocked Cadillac
Rick Coates of Michigan's Northern Express has issued the following report: Retired Cadillac High School teacher Jim Neff leans back in his living room chair each evening after dinner surrounded by his "15 Minutes of Fame." The plaque on the wall above him reads "Jim Neff Honorary Member of KISS." T...October 9, 2005
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RATT Drummer Says Reunion With STEPHEN PEARCY Is 'Very Close' To Becoming Reality
Gerry Gittelson of the L.A. Daily News recently conducted an interview with RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On the possibility of a RATT reunion tour with the group's original singer Stephen Pearcy, who quit five years ago in an ugly split: "We're trying to come to...October 9, 2005
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MARDUK Planning 15-Year Anniversary Release
Swedish black metallers MARDUK will celebrate their 15-year anniversary with a special limited release, tentatively due in November. No further details are currently available. MARDUK were forced to cancel their European tour earlier in the year after drummer Emil Dragutinovic's arm was broken in a...October 8, 2005
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AKERCOCKE To Tour Europe With MORTICIAN, BLOOD RED THRONE
After crushing the U.K. in October with a brace of shows and the unleashing of the beast that is new album "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone", British Satanic metallers AKERCOCKE have announced they will be teaming up with MORTICIAN and BLOOD RED THRONE to lay waste to the continent that...October 6, 2005
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Malaysia Probing Revival Of Satanic Heavy Metal Cult
Mainichi Daily News is reporting that Malaysia's Islamic authorities are probing the alleged revival of a Satanic heavy metal cult whose members practice animal sacrifice and destroy religious texts including the Quran, a news report said Wednesday (Oct. 5). The cult, believed to be led by a foreign...October 5, 2005
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SENTENCED: Photos From Final Gig Available Online
Finland's Mesta.net has uploaded several pictures from SENTENCED's farewell gig, which took place on Saturday, October 1 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. Check them out at this location. More pictures from the band's last two concerts can be found at www.imhotep.no. The very last show was ...October 4, 2005
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SIG:AR:TYR Obtain Release From KARMAGEDDON MEDIA
Mainman Daemonskald of the Canadian "Viking metal" one-man band SIG:AR:TYR has posted the following message on the project's web site: "I have asked for, and obtained my release from Karmageddon. This is both bad and good news, as Karmageddon would have provided a good distribution for the release....October 3, 2005
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TRIVIUM: Special Edition Of 'Ascendancy' To Be Released In Conjunction With ARCH ENEMY Tour
Roadrunner Records Germany has announced that it will be issuing a limited tour edition of TRIVIUM's new album, "Ascendancy", to coincide with the band's European tour with ARCH ENEMY. The special edition will feature a bonus disc containing two previously unreleased tracks and three video clips. No...October 1, 2005
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Girl Suicides Raise Worries Over 'Black Metal' Music
The AFP has issued the following report: The joint suicide of two teenage girls who hurled themselves from a 17th-floor window (photo) in a Paris suburb has raised troubling questions about the influence of "black metal" — a form of modern rock music that glorifies violence and death. Last Friday af...September 29, 2005
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From Your Grave
Sometimes I think folks have exaggerated Metal Blade's supposed transition to a more "modern" metal label (read: metalcore),simply because of bands like AS I LAY DYING, UNEARTH (really a Swede-influenced melodic death/thrash band),and THE RED CHORD (a band for which the genre tag is far too limiti...September 25, 2005
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WOLVERINE: No Release Date Set For 'Still'
Sweden's WOLVERINE have posted the following message on their official web site: "We still haven't got a release date for 'Still', our next album. We will soon send it off for mastering and hopefully we'll be able to announce a release date [via Elitist/Earache] real soon. Stay tuned! "We have start...September 20, 2005
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MARDUK Cancel Last Three Shows Of European Tour
Swedish black metallers MARDUK were forced to cancel the last three shows of their European tour because their bus broke down in Germany, according to a posting on the group's web site. The affected dates are as follows: Sep. 19 - Copenhagen, DEN @ Loppen Sep. 20 - Gävle, SWE @ Monster Club Sep. 21...September 19, 2005
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GIZMACHI And DIECAST Added To ILL NINO Tour
GIZMACHI and DIECAST have been added to the upcoming ILL NINO headlining tour. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 20 - Northern Lights - Clifton Park, NY Sep. 21 - Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA Sep. 23 - House of Blues - Atlantic City, NJ Sep. 24 - WQWK Block Party - State College, PA ...September 17, 2005
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OLD MAN'S CHILD: New Song Available For Download
A brand-new OLD MAN'S CHILD track, entitled "Enslaved and Condemned", has been made available for download at this location (MP3, 4 MB). "Enslaved and Condemned" comes off the Norwegian band's upcoming album, "Vermin", due in Europe on October 18 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2003's "I...September 14, 2005
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LIFE OF AGONY: 'We Had A Great Time' On GIGANTOUR
LIFE OF AGONY just wrapped up the Gigantour with MEGADETH, DREAM THEATER, FEAR FACTORY and ANTHRAX and now begin a string of headline dates throughout September. "We had a great time on the tour and enjoyed making friends with all of the other bands and crews along the way," LIFE OF AGONY bassist Al...September 13, 2005
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